India Premier League teams are quite vocal and active on social media to engage fans with ‘witty’ Tweets and remarks as they wait for the next season of the cash-rich league to start.

Ahead of the IPL auctions, Mumbai Indians, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Chennai Super Kings were engaged in a clever banter on micro-blogging site Twitter on Tuesday.

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On Tuesday, three-time champions Mumbai Indians took to Twitter to share a picture and dare Twitterati to post the picture of a better all-rounder trio than Krunal Pandya, Hardik Pandya and Kieron Pollard.

“Find a better allrounder trio. We will wait,” wrote Mumbai Indians with a picture of Hardik Pandya, Kieron Pollard and Krunal Pandya.

Find a better allrounder trio. We will wait ⏳😏 #CricketMeriJaan @hardikpandya7 @KieronPollard55 @krunalpandya24 https://t.co/wBnnKrVdF9

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 13, 2018

Responding to the Tweet, SunRisers Hyderabad official Twitter handle wrote, “The wait is over,” posting with a photograph of Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan and Shakib Al Hasan.

The wait is over! 😉 pic.twitter.com/MM5nzuuJDt

— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) November 13, 2018

After SRH’s reply, taking a dig at the SunRisers, MI posted a picture of their three IPL trophies and captioned the image as “the wait goes on”.

The wait goes on…🏆🏆🏆 pic.twitter.com/uDeM0WImIt

— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) November 13, 2018

However, defending champions Chennai Super Kings had the last laugh as they posted a Tweet with an image of its captain MS Dhoni alone and captioned it “Three faces”.

Moondru Mugam 🦁🦁🦁#Thala #WhistlePodu 💛 pic.twitter.com/0thaMqeIE1

— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) November 13, 2018

Here is how Twitter users reacted:

Hahaha. Shots fired💥 Top banter guys 👏

— Gaurav Kapur (@gauravkapur) November 13, 2018

Player Rankings
Shakib Al Hasan Number 1,3,3 ( Test, ODI, T20 )
Rashid Khan Number 1 ( ODI )
Nabi Number 2,2 ( ODI, T20 )
Know tell me who is better Allrounder Trio 😂😂😂😂😂

— Jaya Chander (@jayachander6) November 13, 2018

Hello 😂😂 bumrah is no 1 in ODI Rashid khan is no 2

— Ifran (@Ifran02768513) November 14, 2018

its the alrounders iam talking 😂😂😂😂😂

— Jaya Chander (@jayachander6) November 14, 2018

Head to Head
MI 13
Csk 11@mipaltan 💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/Q0hjpHS4WR

— Prabhas (@pavansaaho45) November 13, 2018

You need to win finals not league matches

— Mokshitha (@CPN1987) November 13, 2018

In that case csk reached finals 6six times but won 3 times
But @mipaltan won 3 times out of 4
And Mumbai won 2times against @ChennaiIPL in finals

— Prabhas (@pavansaaho45) November 13, 2018

Did someone say allrounders? 😎@Russell12A @SunilPNarine74 @jacqueskallis75
3,945 IPL runs and 221 IPL wickets in one collage! 😉#KorboLorboJeetbo pic.twitter.com/ooG9PYdNne

— KolkataKnightRiders (@KKRiders) November 13, 2018

The reply of Chennai Super Kings drew more retweets and likes than the original tweet by Rohit Sharma-led Mumbai Indians.